Finding and building your office space is not easy, and if done incorrectly, it may affect your company's overall objectives. To start, you need to plan by drawing a timeline with milestones you need to achieve to be specified. If your company does not have a dedicated corporate real estate lead or facilities manager, this project will naturally be more challenging to the unfamiliar.

The worst mistake is trying to do everything on your own. It is time-consuming, and inefficient, and you may even lose sight along the way with the overwhelm of information you are about to come across.

1. Hire a broker

2. Hire a designer

3. Hire a general contractor

These 3 experts are who you need to help you with your project.

A broker finds you the best space that align with your needs, will negotiate on your behalf (not the landlord), and will assist with his insights and valuable recommendation. A good broker for office knows the market in general and can present data for your easy understanding. The best thing about brokers in the Philippines is you don't have to pay them a fee, unless of course that is in your agreement. Market practice is the landlord pays the success fee or the commission fee for every transaction brought in the table.

A designer or, better yet, an architect with solid experience in office fit-outs will be able to deliver a compliant design that aligns with your business needs while working with the building guidelines and the local government building code. Further, he or she should be able to revise in a timely manner if the building or the local government requests it.

A general contractor is your design executioner. Similarly, one with solid experience in office fit-outs will work the best in your favor and not necessarily the one that is bidding the lowest. Further, the general contractor should be able to find you the best subcontractors who are experts of their own trade such as architectural and plumbing works, mechanical, electrical, fire, IT cabling and infrastructure, and as well as the liaison company to take care of your building and occupancy permits.

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Conclusion

Building your office space takes a team. It is important to find the best members and ensure to build a plan that all of you will work together on.

Office Pro Philippines offers you all these services by merging the business lines of our two companies--a brokerage firm and a design and build construction firm. We act as your overall project manager that can help you end-to-end. Our business is one of a kind as we are the only one in the market to offer these unique service as we see the growing demand for efficient office space set-up.

If you would like to consult more about your requirements, do not hesitate to communicate with our team through inquiry@officepro.ph and through our hotline: +632-853-80833 ext. 34-36

You can also reach us via Viber and Whatsapp: +63917-1106-231